WATCH: Shootings at Florida high school, NSA headquarters

On today’s News Update, the Spartan Newsroom covers shootings at a high school in Parkland, Fla. and at NSA headquarters, as well as an update on a car crash involving a professional golfer and an actor in California.

Troy Hale is a 21-time Emmy Award winner and has been nominated over 40 times for his work as a television journalist. He has spent the last 10 years in broadcasting.
Most recently he has been working as a reporter for Press Pass TV out of New York and as an investigative journalist with KMSP Fox 9 Television in Minneapolis. Troy has had stops at WSVN Fox 7 in Miami, ABC 6/FOX 28 in Columbus, Ohio. ABC 24 in Memphis and NBC 25 in Hagerstown, Maryland.
He began his broadcast career as a disc jockey for WYLI radio. Troy has covered hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, presidential elections, local news, the MTV Video Music Awards, Tyson/Lewis fight, the Big Ten, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS and anything else with an abbreviation. Along the way he has picked up an Edward R. Murrow Award, two Associated Press awards, three national and 10 regional NPPA awards.
His film work has been shown at the Charlotte Film Festival, Ft. Myers Beach Film Festival, Mitten Movie Project and received HM, Audience Choice Award at the Frankly Film Festival.

From non-profits and local community members to city advisors and corporations, there is a lot going on in and around East Lansing to improve sustainability and access to recycling. Vast improvement in these areas is no easy feat, but people at all levels of the community are working to increase access to going greener.